February 20, 2002	Wednesday	Zilhaj 7, 1422

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Rising prices affect Eid shopping spree HARIPUR, Feb 19: Despite the fact that Eidul Azha is just a few days away, shopping for the festival which normally reaches its climax by that time has failed to gain...		Swabi council criticizes substandard construction SWABI, Feb 19: The district council on Tuesday castigated contractors, saying that  they carried out substandard work in construction and claimed that most of  the development  funds went straight to their...
PHC disposes of contempt of court plea PESHAWAR, Feb 19: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday disposed of a contempt of court application against a collector of the customs department after he assured the court that the department...		Law to protect rights of child prisoners soon PESHAWAR, Feb 19: The NWFP government will soon promulgate the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000, for the protection of child prisoners’ rights....
Man accuses police of torturing brother DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 19: A two-member team has been constituted to investigate the death of a drug addict whose body was found in village Divala on Monday. The younger brother...		Hamid Gul may contest poll on JUI ticket MANSEHRA, Feb 19: The former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Gen (retd) Hamid Gul, intends to contest the national assembly election on a JUI ticket from NA-14, Mansehra-1, a JUI...
Feasibility report on school sought CHARSADDA, Feb 19: District Coordination Officer Charsadda Sardar Nawaz Khan directed the EDO (education) on Sunday to send a feasibility report about the government middle school Tarnab, which has been recently...		‘Shady deal’ CHITRAL, Feb 19: A member of district council and standing committee for irrigation has claimed that a ‘shady’ deal in awarding the contract for the construction of Atahk channel will cause...
DAM-MCM tussle affects uplift work in Muzaffarabad MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 19: A tug of war between the Municipal Corporation Muzaffarabad (MCM) and the Development Authority Muzaffarabad (DAM) may deprive the residents of the AJK capital of several uplift schemes....		PPP hopeful of striking deal with govt ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) continues its wait-and-see policy, in a hope of striking a ‘deal’ with the Musharraf government, and thus all its decisions including a possible...
Huge oil, gas reserves discovered GUJAR KHAN, Feb 19: Huge oil and gas reserves have been discovered at Missa oil and gasfield, five kilometres from Gujar Khan, the Oil and Gas Development Company sources told Dawn...		Private educational institutes earning 50 per cent profit: study ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Around 36,096 private educational institutions in Pakistan earn around Rs22 billion every year, with one of the highest profitability ratio of around 50 per cent....
52 Pakistani pilgrims dead ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: After arriving in Saudi Arabia to perform Haj, 52 Pakistani pilgrims have died so far....		SC seeks list of cases against JI chief ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the government to produce the list of cases in which Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad was involved....
33pc seats for women demanded in legislature QUETTA, Feb 19: Participants of a seminar demanded reservation of at least 33 per cent Senate, national and provincial assemblies’ seats for women....		Over 55 nabbed stealing power GUJRANWALA, Feb 19: Over 55 people were nabbed stealing electricity for domestic and commercial purposes by Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) in Ladheywala Warraich and Naushera Virkan sub-divisions on Tuesday....
Interim bail to Naib Nazim, councilor: Gang-rape case SARGODHA, Feb 19: The Sahiwal tehsil Naib Nazim and councillor allegedly involved in a gang rape obtained interim bail from the sessions court, claiming they were falsely implicated at the behest...		EDOs nominated BISE members: Law amended GUJRANWALA, Feb 19: The Punjab Higher Education Department amended the Punjab education boards act and regulation and nominated all the executive district officers (education) members of the board, finance and recruiting...
Market committee elections SAHIWAL, Feb 19: The fate of the market committees was decided at a district council meeting by convener district Naib Nazim Malik Muhammad Yar Dhakoo while members of the opposition walked...		7 JI leaders booked under MPO FAISALABAD, Feb 19: Police registered a case here on Tuesday against seven Jamaat-i-Islami leaders, including its district and city presidents, for delivering provocative speeches during a rally....
Two awarded death sentence KASUR, Feb 19: Local Additional District and Sessions Judge Nazir Ahmad Gajana on Tuesday awarded life term and death sentence to two persons in a murder case....		Electricity wire stolen SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 19: Thieves took away electricity wire, worth thousands of rupees, from a model farm near Manawala on Tuesday....
Shot dead OKARA, Feb 19: A man was shot dead over an old enmity here on Monday night....		Student stabbed by colleague BAHAWALPUR, Feb 19: A first-year student was stabbed to death allegedly by his senior in the Abbas Degree College, Dera Nawab Sahib, about 40km from here, near Abbasia Chowk, Ahmedpur East,...
Three PARC employees convicted: Purchase of 15 vehicles ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: An accountability court on Tuesday convicted three employees of the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) for causing a loss of Rs9.767 million to the national exchequer by purchasing...		Promotion of S&T stressed RAWALPINDI, Feb 19: Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) vice- chancellor Usman Ali Isani has said that the devolution of power will help improve the standard of education in schools....
Four students injured in QAU shootout ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Four students were seriously injured in a shoot out between two student councils at the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) on Tuesday morning, it was learnt....		ICT admn asked to raze illegal mosques, madaris ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The chief executive secretariat has directed Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration to remove all illegally constructed mosques and Madaris and register all authorized mosques and Madaris in the...
Applied physics to be included in BSc courses ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended to include a 200-mark Applied Physics paper in the BSc (Physics) course in addition to the existing General Physics paper, according...		NRB team to review performance of dist govt RAWALPINDI, Feb 19: A five-member team of National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) will visit Rawalpindi district on Wednesday to scrutinize working of the district government, sources told Dawn on Tuesday....
Minister for promotion of mountaineering ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Federal Labour Minister Owais Ghani has emphasized the need for promoting mountaineering in the country....		Can Musharraf be a ‘legitimate’ president? LAHORE, Feb 19: Gen Pervez Musharraf has various options to become president for the next five years, the simplest and easiest of them being an amendment to the constitution providing that...
Real estate prices moving up LAHORE, Feb 19: The prices of real estate in the provincial capital have begun moving up in the recent months after a decade-long slump in the property business....		45pc of city govt’s tax revenue ‘unaccounted’ LAHORE, Feb 19: The Councillors’ Alliance criticized the city district government’s budget on Tuesday, saying it burdened every citizen with taxes totalling Rs674 and while planning to spend only Rs366 per...
Who will defend verdict in contempt case? LAHORE, Feb 19: A division bench of the Lahore High Court has admitted two appeals against the order of Justice Khwaja Mohammad Sharif in a contempt case against two high officials...		Sacrificial animals’ sale LAHORE, Feb 19: Sale of sacrificial animals had not picked up till Tuesday due to exorbitant prices demanded by traders despite the arrival of 200,000 animals against an expected half a...
Secretary’s appeal admitted for hearing LAHORE, Feb 19: A division bench of the Lahore High Court admitted on Tuesday an appeal moved by Health Department secretary Hasan Waseem Afzal against his conviction for contempt and suspended...		JI women LAHORE, Feb 19: Jamaat-i-Islami’s women wing organized a demonstration on Multan Road on Tuesday to protest against continued detention of Qazi Husain Ahmad....